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Pregnancy and Substance Use

  The NSDUH Report:  Pregnancy and Substance Use

Highlights:

  • In 2002, 3 percent of pregnant women aged 15 to 44 used illicit drugs in the past month, 3 percent reported binge alcohol use, and 17 percent reported smoking cigarettes in the past month. 
  • Among pregnant women aged 15 to 44, whites were more likely to have smoked cigarettes in the past month than blacks or Hispanics.
  • The use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs in the past month among recent mothers was similar to that of nonpregnant women but higher than among pregnant women.

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report:  Pregnancy and Substance Use,  is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.

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